Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica
Subtitle: an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century; on their connexion with the origin of printing, and on the character of the water-marks in the paper of the period.
Contributors: Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861.
Published: 1858
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Block books.; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.; Watermarks.
Notes: New title-page, notice, and list of purchasers ([4] p.) distributed June 1, 1858. Original t.-p. reads: Specimen-notice for the disposal of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia topographica [etc.]
Contains the introduction, list of plates, indexes and some extra plates from the Principia.